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... Senate , but withdrawn . : In the Senate , on the 21st of Jan. , 1805 , Mr. Logan of Pa . , presented the memorial of the representatives of the Quakers , pleading the cause of their oppressed and degraded fellow men of the African race ...
... Senate , but withdrawn . : In the Senate , on the 21st of Jan. , 1805 , Mr. Logan of Pa . , presented the memorial of the representatives of the Quakers , pleading the cause of their oppressed and degraded fellow men of the African race ...
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... Senate to be careful how it tread on this ground , lest , in its attempts to make petitions palatable , it does not ... Senate . He felt it , however , to be due bloodshed over the face of the earth . " to the memorialists ...
... Senate to be careful how it tread on this ground , lest , in its attempts to make petitions palatable , it does not ... Senate . He felt it , however , to be due bloodshed over the face of the earth . " to the memorialists ...
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... Senate Kansas and Nebraska bill was as follows . Mr. Rich- ardson's substitute was the same as the Senate bill , with the exception that it allowed alien suffrage , whilst the Senate bill did not : in other words , the bill of Mr ...
... Senate Kansas and Nebraska bill was as follows . Mr. Rich- ardson's substitute was the same as the Senate bill , with the exception that it allowed alien suffrage , whilst the Senate bill did not : in other words , the bill of Mr ...
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... Senate to proceed to a vote . It seems to me we ought to proceed to take a vote on the question . Mr. BUTLER . I am not to be called to vote suddenly on a matter of this kind when other people introduce it ; and if gentlemen have a mind ...
... Senate to proceed to a vote . It seems to me we ought to proceed to take a vote on the question . Mr. BUTLER . I am not to be called to vote suddenly on a matter of this kind when other people introduce it ; and if gentlemen have a mind ...
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... Senate was to be elected by the State Legislatures . That is all that is meant in that clause . The Consti- tution is in these words : " The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of ...
... Senate was to be elected by the State Legislatures . That is all that is meant in that clause . The Consti- tution is in these words : " The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of ...
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